Worming into Apple: Hackers attacked and infected “a small number” of Mac computers used by Apple Inc. employees, company officials said, in a rare admission for a company that has long touted its security over PCs running Windows software. WSJ

Mayday for payday: The Third Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a class-action settlement that would have paid the lawyers who negotiated it more than four times as much as their clients. The court suggested that judges demand more information about settlement procedures before approving fees, or even withholding approval of fees until the claims have been administered. Forbes

Limiting limits: The Supreme Court said Tuesday that it would review whether to scrap long-standing limits on how much individuals can make in total political contributions over two-year election cycles. WSJ

Controlling gun control: Police officers could be charged with a crime for enforcing new federal gun control laws in Texas under a proposal by a lawmaker who predicted the measure would end up in the U.S. Supreme Court. AP

Worth the wait?: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has begun a criminal investigation into a big options trade made the day before last week’s announcement of the blockbuster $23 billion buyout of H.J. Heinz Co. WSJ

Execution postponed: A Georgia man convicted of killing two people and described by his attorneys as mentally disabled was granted last-minute stays of execution on Tuesday by a U.S. federal appeals court and a state appeals court, his lawyer said. Reuters

In the vault: A federal judge on Tuesday denied an attempt by New York City to subpoena notes and unused footage from Ken Burns’s film about the five men exonerated in the Central Park jogger rape case. WSJ

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